Stats SA to undertake nationwide Census in eight days
MEDIA STATEMENT                                                                       25 January 2022 Stats SA to undertake nationwide Census in eight days Statistics South Africa outlined the country’s state of readiness to undertake a population and housing census at a media briefing in Pretoria on Tuesday. Deputy Minister in the Presidency Thembi Siweya visited Stats SA’s head office at Salvokop and received a read more »
Stats SA to undertake nationwide Census in eight days
MEDIA STATEMENT                                                                       25 January 2022 Stats SA to undertake nationwide Census in eight days Statistics South Africa outlined the country’s state of readiness to undertake a population and housing census at a media briefing in Pretoria on Tuesday. Deputy Minister in the Presidency Thembi Siweya visited Stats SA’s head office at Salvokop and received a read more »
Stats SA begins process of questionnaire consultation for Census 2021
Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will be conducting the 4th population census in a democratic dispensation in 2021. Information collected from the census is crucial for proper planning in the country. Consultations on census themes and questions form part of mandatory census planning activities as prescribed in the Handbook on the Management of Population and read more »
Media advisory: The Social profile of older persons report and the 2015 census of the South African mining industry report
Media advisory                                                                                        27 March 2017  Statistician-General to release the results of the Census of Mining and a report on the Social profile of older persons  The Statistician-General of South Africa, Dr Pali Lehohla, will release two key datasets at a media briefing to be held on Wednesday, 29 March 2017 read more »
Data supplied to National Treasury for local government equitable share and municipal infrastructure grant formulae in line with the 2011 municipal boundaries
Description: The Community profile databases with GIS Viewer provide the most effective way of accessing small area statistics from the Census 2001 data. Scores of software-selectable tables, customised for user-specified needs, can be drawn for each of the 21 219 sub-places (suburb or village level). Users can obtain a set of CDs at the cost read more »
Census depends on all people
July 2, 2011 marked the 100 days countdown towards the Census 2011 count which takes place from October 10 to 31. We are 100 days from a very momentous census, the third after South Africa became a democracy, the third post-apartheid census and third after our local elections. The census is important in ensuring read more »
The Importance of Census
Why is it important to conduct a population census? The most important aspect in any society is human capital. Census is important because this process helps compile a numerical profile of South Africa. This in turn informs decision-making at all levels both in government and the private sector. A population census is a total count read more »
Census Recruitment Drive
Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) is set to embark on the second phase of a massive recruitment drive for Census 2011 this month. This process will see Stats SA filling a total of 156 000 fieldwork positions – 6 000 census fieldwork coordinators, 30 000 supervisors and 120 000 fieldworkers. This process is expected to read more »
Census Questionnaire
Importance of questions asked (pdf 45KB) Census 2011 Questionnaires Download English Questionnaire A (pdf 2.3MB) Questionnaire B (pdf 923KB) Questionnaire C (pdf 1.75MB) Questionnaire PES (pdf 1.68MB) Afrikaans (pdf 3.64MB) Sesotho (pdf 854KB) Siswati (pdf 850KB) Tshivenda (pdf 843KB) Xitsonga (pdf 849KB) Isindebele (pdf 848KB) IsiZulu (pdf 839KB) Sepedi (pdf 856KB) About the Questionnaire : Much read more »
Census Launch
The Census 2011 national launch was held on Sunday the 10th October 2010 in Johannesburg where the Minister in the Presidency for Planning Mr Trevor Manuel, and other Senior Stats SA Officials shared insightful information with the public and the media regarding the Census. A similar pattern was carried out in provinces thereafter where Provincial read more »